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Small farmers in Malaysia must be exempted from EUDR's unrealistic demands

RBD Palm Oil
Malaysia
Published Mar 17, 2023

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JOHOR BAHRU (March 16): Small farmers deserve to be treated fairly and must be exempted from the European Union Deforestation-free Regulation’s (EUDR) unrealistic demands, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Fadillah, who is also the Plantation and Commodities minister, said small farmers depend on the export of palm oil, rubber and other agricultural commodities to support their families.

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“The deforestation regulation presents a significant stumbling block for them to access the European market, the ultimate outcome of which would be to increase poverty, reduce household incomes and harm our rural communities. “These actions are unjust and stand in stark contrast to the EU’s commitments outlined in the United Nations sustainable development goals,” he said in a statement on Thursday (March 16), in support of the petition signed by local oil palm and rubber smallholders yesterday. Yesterday, more than 500 smallholders in the country signed a petition as a joint stance to urge the EU to review the EUDR that is deemed discriminatory. The petition, among others, sought the EU endorsement of the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification and remove Malaysia from the list of countries at risk if the EUDR is implemented. On that, Fadillah said the EU’s determination to designate Malaysia as “high risk” under the deforestation regulation is unjustified, and called ...
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